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Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD Hard Drive - Internal (ST1000DM003)
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM010 3.5in Hard Drive
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Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB SATA Hard Drive
originally posted on verkkokauppa.com
As the title suggests, this is nothing but a functional hard drive. It performs like a hard drive, even sounds like a hard drive. From my experience, nearly all hard drives are the same given that they spin at the same speeds, the only difference usually is longevity...I had this hard drive for almost a year now, I've written a bit more than 10TB to it in the course of that time, and already it's starting to show its age. Currently, if I put this hard drive into a hot swappable drive bay, it would vibrate hard enough to cause the tray to clatter against the bay (a very unpleasing sound). It just rubs that sore by also introducing a screeching noise whenever it is being used, the source unknown, I would suppose it's the platter against the spindle. Despite that, it ... MoreAs the title suggests, this is nothing but a functional hard drive. It performs like a hard drive, even sounds like a hard drive. From my experience, nearly all hard drives are the same given that they spin at the same speeds, the only difference usually is longevity...I had this hard drive for almost a year now, I've written a bit more than 10TB to it in the course of that time, and already it's starting to show its age. Currently, if I put this hard drive into a hot swappable drive bay, it would vibrate hard enough to cause the tray to clatter against the bay (a very unpleasing sound). It just rubs that sore by also introducing a screeching noise whenever it is being used, the source unknown, I would suppose it's the platter against the spindle. Despite that, it still functions perfectly fine, albeit with abit of annoyance.In general, this is below my expectations and generally I would only recommend this as a drive for mass game storage or otherwise unimportant and/or backed-up files. Take a look at Toshiba or WD drives if you want to buy storage for important purposes.
originally posted on newegg.com
HDD has been going & fast since purchased with as a bundle with a 120GB Samsung 850 EVO last year (May 2015). If it's a lemon, would have shown by now, in it's 3rd & final for sometime to come PC. While I run SSD's for OS's installs, did once install Windows 7 to this HDD & was shocked, much faster than the previous gen (SATA-2, 32MB cache) WD Caviar Black, among my first purchases from Newegg. What a difference a generation makes! And while was a loyal WD fan (still am for their RE4 drives), this Seagate won me over, in fact, one exactly like it shipped with my XPS 8700 in late 2013, have saved 'as is' for now because have an extended warranty that expires in 2017. Then will have two of these babies.;-) Note that while I trust this model, don't care to go over 1TB, ... MoreHDD has been going & fast since purchased with as a bundle with a 120GB Samsung 850 EVO last year (May 2015). If it's a lemon, would have shown by now, in it's 3rd & final for sometime to come PC. While I run SSD's for OS's installs, did once install Windows 7 to this HDD & was shocked, much faster than the previous gen (SATA-2, 32MB cache) WD Caviar Black, among my first purchases from Newegg. What a difference a generation makes! And while was a loyal WD fan (still am for their RE4 drives), this Seagate won me over, in fact, one exactly like it shipped with my XPS 8700 in late 2013, have saved 'as is' for now because have an extended warranty that expires in 2017. Then will have two of these babies.;-) Note that while I trust this model, don't care to go over 1TB, because when reading the reviews (I actually take the time to go at least 15 pages deep if possible), the larger the drive, the more percentage of negative reviews. That's why I chose this model, and while I wasn't looking for a SSD at the time, the Samsung 850 EVO added only $30 to the cost (or the other way around), was a killer deal for a total of $99 plus shipping. Finally, if I had to do it all over again, would still go for this HDD, because compared to the newer version which will eventually supercede it, the reviews are better as a percentage. May purchase another just to have it, when one finds a winner, that's what matters the most. Get one of these while you can, because when gone, will be on the secondary markets, likely used & 2x the cost.
originally posted on newegg.com
In the past decades, hard drive capacity been growing and beginning to break down a lot easier. Yes, the hard drive companies been giving utilities to clone, back up, check hard drive status. But never any to keep them maintained, like defrag or sector repair. Been going through Hard drive break downs a lot easier today, specially SSDs. Not only the Hard drive alone, but pcb boards. Ever try to replace one?..... Very expensive for just board replacement. I have one hard drive put away with very important files. Hard drives turns off and on by itself. I check for power shutdown timer in windows, and it is not the problem. Other hard drives slow down. So once in awhile I have to keep buying hard drives and cloning, and backing up. Hard drives piling up in the home ... MoreIn the past decades, hard drive capacity been growing and beginning to break down a lot easier. Yes, the hard drive companies been giving utilities to clone, back up, check hard drive status. But never any to keep them maintained, like defrag or sector repair. Been going through Hard drive break downs a lot easier today, specially SSDs. Not only the Hard drive alone, but pcb boards. Ever try to replace one?..... Very expensive for just board replacement. I have one hard drive put away with very important files. Hard drives turns off and on by itself. I check for power shutdown timer in windows, and it is not the problem. Other hard drives slow down. So once in awhile I have to keep buying hard drives and cloning, and backing up. Hard drives piling up in the home with important files (family photos, documents, etc) This hard drive I use as a back up drive.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 1 TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" x 1/4H |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD Hard Drive - Internal (ST1000DM003)
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM010 3.5in Hard Drive
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Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB SATA Hard Drive
As the title suggests, this is nothing but a functional hard drive. It performs like a hard drive, even sounds like a hard drive. From my experience, nearly all hard drives are the same given that they spin at the same speeds, the only difference usually is longevity...I had this hard drive for almost a year now, I've written a bit more than 10TB to it in the course of that time, and already it's starting to show its age. Currently, if I put this hard drive into a hot swappable drive bay, it would vibrate hard enough to cause the tray to clatter against the bay (a very unpleasing sound). It just rubs that sore by also introducing a screeching noise whenever it is being used, the source unknown, I would suppose it's the platter against the spindle. Despite that, it ... MoreAs the title suggests, this is nothing but a functional hard drive. It performs like a hard drive, even sounds like a hard drive. From my experience, nearly all hard drives are the same given that they spin at the same speeds, the only difference usually is longevity...I had this hard drive for almost a year now, I've written a bit more than 10TB to it in the course of that time, and already it's starting to show its age. Currently, if I put this hard drive into a hot swappable drive bay, it would vibrate hard enough to cause the tray to clatter against the bay (a very unpleasing sound). It just rubs that sore by also introducing a screeching noise whenever it is being used, the source unknown, I would suppose it's the platter against the spindle. Despite that, it still functions perfectly fine, albeit with abit of annoyance.In general, this is below my expectations and generally I would only recommend this as a drive for mass game storage or otherwise unimportant and/or backed-up files. Take a look at Toshiba or WD drives if you want to buy storage for important purposes.
HDD has been going & fast since purchased with as a bundle with a 120GB Samsung 850 EVO last year (May 2015). If it's a lemon, would have shown by now, in it's 3rd & final for sometime to come PC. While I run SSD's for OS's installs, did once install Windows 7 to this HDD & was shocked, much faster than the previous gen (SATA-2, 32MB cache) WD Caviar Black, among my first purchases from Newegg. What a difference a generation makes! And while was a loyal WD fan (still am for their RE4 drives), this Seagate won me over, in fact, one exactly like it shipped with my XPS 8700 in late 2013, have saved 'as is' for now because have an extended warranty that expires in 2017. Then will have two of these babies.;-) Note that while I trust this model, don't care to go over 1TB, ... MoreHDD has been going & fast since purchased with as a bundle with a 120GB Samsung 850 EVO last year (May 2015). If it's a lemon, would have shown by now, in it's 3rd & final for sometime to come PC. While I run SSD's for OS's installs, did once install Windows 7 to this HDD & was shocked, much faster than the previous gen (SATA-2, 32MB cache) WD Caviar Black, among my first purchases from Newegg. What a difference a generation makes! And while was a loyal WD fan (still am for their RE4 drives), this Seagate won me over, in fact, one exactly like it shipped with my XPS 8700 in late 2013, have saved 'as is' for now because have an extended warranty that expires in 2017. Then will have two of these babies.;-) Note that while I trust this model, don't care to go over 1TB, because when reading the reviews (I actually take the time to go at least 15 pages deep if possible), the larger the drive, the more percentage of negative reviews. That's why I chose this model, and while I wasn't looking for a SSD at the time, the Samsung 850 EVO added only $30 to the cost (or the other way around), was a killer deal for a total of $99 plus shipping. Finally, if I had to do it all over again, would still go for this HDD, because compared to the newer version which will eventually supercede it, the reviews are better as a percentage. May purchase another just to have it, when one finds a winner, that's what matters the most. Get one of these while you can, because when gone, will be on the secondary markets, likely used & 2x the cost.
In the past decades, hard drive capacity been growing and beginning to break down a lot easier. Yes, the hard drive companies been giving utilities to clone, back up, check hard drive status. But never any to keep them maintained, like defrag or sector repair. Been going through Hard drive break downs a lot easier today, specially SSDs. Not only the Hard drive alone, but pcb boards. Ever try to replace one?..... Very expensive for just board replacement. I have one hard drive put away with very important files. Hard drives turns off and on by itself. I check for power shutdown timer in windows, and it is not the problem. Other hard drives slow down. So once in awhile I have to keep buying hard drives and cloning, and backing up. Hard drives piling up in the home ... MoreIn the past decades, hard drive capacity been growing and beginning to break down a lot easier. Yes, the hard drive companies been giving utilities to clone, back up, check hard drive status. But never any to keep them maintained, like defrag or sector repair. Been going through Hard drive break downs a lot easier today, specially SSDs. Not only the Hard drive alone, but pcb boards. Ever try to replace one?..... Very expensive for just board replacement. I have one hard drive put away with very important files. Hard drives turns off and on by itself. I check for power shutdown timer in windows, and it is not the problem. Other hard drives slow down. So once in awhile I have to keep buying hard drives and cloning, and backing up. Hard drives piling up in the home with important files (family photos, documents, etc) This hard drive I use as a back up drive.
This isn't the only Seagate that crashed in the last 4 Years of buying them and if you do decide to... 2 things: buy in sets of 2 & Don't take your data seriously once you place it all on these pancakes. =============================== Drive life - From: 12-01-2012 to 1-08-2014 Useage: External HDD (BACKUP DRIVE#1) - Replaced 2 out 4 of the ST31000528AS previously purchased (two ST31000528AS have since crashed). Problem: Head crash (Mechanical Failure) Here's what it's doing after 2Years of off/on operation from yet another unhappy customer who courageously(!?) decided to open his up: wDH6QQE4NUs ( the you tube) Root Cause: Reason to believe, those blistering record-temps of Jan,2014 may be the possible culprit for the failure of this drive. It squealed like a pig ... MoreThis isn't the only Seagate that crashed in the last 4 Years of buying them and if you do decide to... 2 things: buy in sets of 2 & Don't take your data seriously once you place it all on these pancakes. =============================== Drive life - From: 12-01-2012 to 1-08-2014 Useage: External HDD (BACKUP DRIVE#1) - Replaced 2 out 4 of the ST31000528AS previously purchased (two ST31000528AS have since crashed). Problem: Head crash (Mechanical Failure) Here's what it's doing after 2Years of off/on operation from yet another unhappy customer who courageously(!?) decided to open his up: wDH6QQE4NUs ( the you tube) Root Cause: Reason to believe, those blistering record-temps of Jan,2014 may be the possible culprit for the failure of this drive. It squealed like a pig before it did, giving the indication that head-wise this wasn't good. Could the culprit be condensation? OVERALL: If you buy this drive, Seagate already knows the life expectancy of it and therefore warranty it just shy of that (like every company do). Barracudas crash, and they crash hard, beit software/firmware/hardware related it doesn't discriminate while taking your backups to the toilet. "Leave the Barracudas in the sea of gate." ==================================== WISHES: 1.Seagate. Please make your HDDs accessible via the onboard diagnostics port to us all so we can truly see savings. Because with open source, everyone wins. 2.Please place HDD bootloader, diags, maintenance software all BACK onto the controller card, rather than the inner-plates so if ever the controller board crashes, it won't take partial firmware with it as we go to swap controller boards out to attempt to quick fix them or t-shoot. 3. Seagate. This is our data you're toying with. Please state pros/cons, applicable situations and life expectancy statistics on your FAQs page regarding all your drives (never happen) as to inform/warn us ahead of time. Debug output you'll be facing once your Barracuda drive crashes: Boot 0x40M Spin Up FAIL Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ResponseFrame 1A40 0000 0000 3940 0008 0000 0000 0000 0F47 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 781E 8707 EFBD EE61 9799 AC4B 3B60 A075 4D4E 9D13 0000 007F 0004 0000 001E 0004 0000 FAIL Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ResponseFrame 22C0 0000 0000 39C0 0008 0000 0000 0000 0F30 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 781E 8707 EFBD EE61 9799 AC4B 3B60 A075 4D4E 9D13 0000 007F 0004 0000 001E 0004 0000
I always had great success with Seagate drives all those years. Some have 10 years old. They just become too small. This drive is a model of evolution. They are thin, light with huge capacity. Mine (1TB) clock at 185MB/sec read and 165MB/sec write with Crystaldisk (500mB test). I have a brand new system with a Ryzen 2200G. Of course SSD beat then easily in performance but at this point, the good old hard drive is the most cost effective solution for large capacity. It seems to me that the downward flash ram price has slow down now, so HDD are still relevant.
I bought 4 around 2013 to build an array of RAID5. Now in 2021 I bought another batch of 4 to expand the array. First, it's good that they are still available to match what I already have. I don't think exact model matching is necessary for RAID, but usually there is less trouble to be so. Although bought new, they were still made around 2013. I did a surface test for each drive after receiving, which took about two days because each test ran 5-6 hours. Among the 4 units I received, two were made in Thailand and two China. Both units made in China detected bad sectors while Thailand ones were good. The tool for surface test is DiskGenius, which rates the sector health in a scale from excellent, good, etc. to damaged. So a bad drive not only has damaged sectors but ... MoreI bought 4 around 2013 to build an array of RAID5. Now in 2021 I bought another batch of 4 to expand the array. First, it's good that they are still available to match what I already have. I don't think exact model matching is necessary for RAID, but usually there is less trouble to be so. Although bought new, they were still made around 2013. I did a surface test for each drive after receiving, which took about two days because each test ran 5-6 hours. Among the 4 units I received, two were made in Thailand and two China. Both units made in China detected bad sectors while Thailand ones were good. The tool for surface test is DiskGenius, which rates the sector health in a scale from excellent, good, etc. to damaged. So a bad drive not only has damaged sectors but also contains many at the severe level. One bad drive even didn't finish the test. When I looked at it, there were physical scratches on the body and PCB. I returned the two bad ones and received replacements. In the mean while, I unplugged disks from the existing array and did a test one by one. It's interesting to see that the 4 drives bought previously were also two from China and two Thailand. They all passed the tests. When I received the replacements, I saw their origin were both from Thailand. Surface test results also indicated that they were on par with the other good drives. My experience is that one should immediately test hard disk drives after purchasing, return or replace those with bad sectors. There is likely a correlation between origin and quality. So far, I received and tested 10 drives, 6 from Thailand and 4 from China. All 6 from Thailand are good, and 50% of the 4 from China had bad sectors, 25% already malfunctioned. Using DiskGenius those good disks have mostly excellent sectors with a small portion in good level, but nothing below good.
I bought this drive, the Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) in 2014 and installed it in my mid-2010 iMac. It worked fine until sometime later in 2018 when I noticed the iMac would not boot properly and programs were sluggish. I thought the problem was aging hardware not properly running newer software. But eventually it just stopped booting altogether. I tried various diagnostic tools, to no avail. I bought a replacement iMac, then after a few months getting tired of seeing my old iMac sitting there dead on my desk, I replaced the HD and bought a thermal kit from OWC. After installing the OS (High Sierra) and restoring some user documents from an old backup, the mid-2010 iMac works great. Not pleased that the ... MoreI bought this drive, the Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) in 2014 and installed it in my mid-2010 iMac. It worked fine until sometime later in 2018 when I noticed the iMac would not boot properly and programs were sluggish. I thought the problem was aging hardware not properly running newer software. But eventually it just stopped booting altogether. I tried various diagnostic tools, to no avail. I bought a replacement iMac, then after a few months getting tired of seeing my old iMac sitting there dead on my desk, I replaced the HD and bought a thermal kit from OWC. After installing the OS (High Sierra) and restoring some user documents from an old backup, the mid-2010 iMac works great. Not pleased that the Seagate Barracuda didn't last longer.
As a normal PC user who uses hard drives as something needed to just be in place and work as well as other hard drives, and not a massive reviewer for magazines and trade adverts, the Barracuda does its job. It is quiet, it is faster than some of my previous drives (but it is new and hasn't been filled with fragmented data left over from previous use) and I would hope it is going to stay reliable. The questions asked to give a star rating contains the question "Is it reliable" How can a new user be expected to answer that when it is only a couple of months old?Perhaps I will re-evaluate the four star rating in a year or two when the question of reliability can be assessed. What else can be said about a Hard Drive? It works and is fairly quiet and that is all as it ... MoreAs a normal PC user who uses hard drives as something needed to just be in place and work as well as other hard drives, and not a massive reviewer for magazines and trade adverts, the Barracuda does its job. It is quiet, it is faster than some of my previous drives (but it is new and hasn't been filled with fragmented data left over from previous use) and I would hope it is going to stay reliable. The questions asked to give a star rating contains the question "Is it reliable" How can a new user be expected to answer that when it is only a couple of months old?Perhaps I will re-evaluate the four star rating in a year or two when the question of reliability can be assessed. What else can be said about a Hard Drive? It works and is fairly quiet and that is all as it is just another Hard Drive, one of many on the market at the same or similar price. FOLLOW UP INFORMATION This HDD lasted untilOctober 2020, just over 3 years use as the main drive on a PC that is on and used 16+ hours every day. That is over 20400 hours of use. Is that reliable? I would say it is and add that it is one of the best so far to be on for that many hours. Most of my previous drives have never made it past 2 years before they started to give me trouble. I still use Barracuda drives as backup drives andfor major storage of photos and books but my new Portus Digital All-in-one uses SSD's so I don't think I will be buying so many discs in future.
I've bought 30-40 of these hard drives for computer builds because they were reliable, but also because Seagate DiscWizard transfer software (free for use if one drive is a Seagate) was easy to use and dependable to copy my standard hard drive load to an empty drive. In the last year it appears that either updates to Seagate DiscWizard or Windows 10 was making it impossible to copy my standard computer build load onto these or any other drives. I've tried a couple of other than Seagate drive brands and had issues with them too, so the problem may be Windows and not Seagate DiscWizard or Seagate drives. I've also tried other transfer software and had similar issues. Too bad, because I love building desktops but these issues have caused me to stop. Whatever happened ... MoreI've bought 30-40 of these hard drives for computer builds because they were reliable, but also because Seagate DiscWizard transfer software (free for use if one drive is a Seagate) was easy to use and dependable to copy my standard hard drive load to an empty drive. In the last year it appears that either updates to Seagate DiscWizard or Windows 10 was making it impossible to copy my standard computer build load onto these or any other drives. I've tried a couple of other than Seagate drive brands and had issues with them too, so the problem may be Windows and not Seagate DiscWizard or Seagate drives. I've also tried other transfer software and had similar issues. Too bad, because I love building desktops but these issues have caused me to stop. Whatever happened to "user-friendly" software and hardware. Too many "bells and whistles" that most of us don't want or need now complicate our lives, our computers, our automobiles, our cell phones, our home appliances, etc.
So what can be special about a hard drive? Well I've read only one other review of this particular one saying it failed on the first day. So I decided to run a few tests to see if it was really a bad drive like the other user said. First I replaced another drive in my system with this one and started up Paragon Hard Disk Manager. If you have never used it before it is a very good program to test and verify Hard Drives. First I did a surface test, you have 2 choices normal and extreme, I choose extreme and ran the test. It takes a while so go do something else and come back in a few hours. What it does is writes to the entire drive and verify what it wrote is the same. One thing worth mentioning is this one tested much faster then an older drive I had of the same ... MoreSo what can be special about a hard drive? Well I've read only one other review of this particular one saying it failed on the first day. So I decided to run a few tests to see if it was really a bad drive like the other user said. First I replaced another drive in my system with this one and started up Paragon Hard Disk Manager. If you have never used it before it is a very good program to test and verify Hard Drives. First I did a surface test, you have 2 choices normal and extreme, I choose extreme and ran the test. It takes a while so go do something else and come back in a few hours. What it does is writes to the entire drive and verify what it wrote is the same. One thing worth mentioning is this one tested much faster then an older drive I had of the same size. Then I did a wipe of the drive and all went fine. I have always had very good luck with the reliability with Seagate drives and after 4 hours of read and write non stop tests I don't expect this one to fail. Write speed impressed me so much so I had to do it a couple of times. I was coping from a OCZ pciex4 ssd so read speeds are about 795MB/s limiting the read bottleneck. Write speeds on a 7gb file started at 320MB/s and tapered off to 165MB/s for the last few seconds and coping the same file back to the ssd was 1.5TB/s at first then dropping to 280MB/s for the last third of the write suggesting this Drive could maintain a 280MB/s read speed and a 165 MB/s write speed. Not bad for a $50 drive. Worth mentioning is this drive is thinner then most drives and lighter also, suggesting it is using high density platters, thus fewer of them. Update 11/16/16 Sorry to say the drive failed a week after this first review. Tried on both a PC with windows and a Mac. Under windows seagates "seatools for windows" would just hang trying to id the drive after windows finally booted after it seemed like forever trying to id the drive. Unders Mac os 10.9 disk utility came back with a failure as unable to read the last block. Also tried to format with a windows 10 setup cd, also failed. Went to Seagates website and did a RMA. Found out I had to pay return shipping and if they don't find anything wrong then they will also charge me for return shipping to me. Very poor in my opinion. When a product fails I believe the manufacturer should be paying shipping both ways especially after less then a month.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 1 TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" x 1/4H |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
The Seagate Desktop HDD is the one hard drive for all your desktop applications. One drive for every need, supported by 30 years of trusted performance, reliability and simplicity.
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive (ST1000DM010)
The Seagate Desktop HDD is the one hard drive for all your desktop applications. One drive for every need, supported by 30 years of trusted performance, reliability and simplicity.
The Seagate Desktop HDD is the one hard drive for all your desktop applications. One drive for every need, supported by 30 years of trusted performance, reliability and simplicity.
